Chinese military researchers tap U.S. AI models to train defence systems

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic ?AI systems to advance China’s defence capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents. The ?previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into how military and security-linked institutions in China are leveraging cutting-edge U.S. AI models as ?a shortcut to developing specialised systems of their own, despite Washington’s efforts to restrict Beijing’s access to advanced chips and other strategic technologies. The documents show widespread use of a technique known as “model distillation,” in…